MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	200% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '16 at 01:46
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 219 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 435 59% 439 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.134.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 25% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 150 120GB-$89 1,360 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 112GB free Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2981 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2165 (AB) Unknown 80 80 41382992 (AE) Unknown 100 100 418 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 270 (D2) Unknown 100 100 3 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 91 91 91 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4816 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6380 (F9) Unknown 100 100 224508251	107% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 430 Mixed 466 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 35 149% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 93.2 136% 251 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,878 Write 666 Mixed 941 254% 1,162 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 49.8 233% 90.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 31.8 103% 226 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 213%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187945352 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1790 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4317313088 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1470 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 21996830749 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 509 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18085 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -115676354180687 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11589855936 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13492100085	113% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 191 Mixed 172 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.31 83% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 25GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 154 Write 113 Mixed 129 164% 132 MB/s	4K Read 7.65 4K Write 3.33 4K Mixed 1.76 202% 4.25 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2833 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 31.3 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 28.7 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 96%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	553x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	222x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	73x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	61x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16